Zhao Tingyang

Zhao Tingyang (Chinese: 赵汀阳; born 1961 in Guangdong, China) is a Chinese Philosopher.

Biography

Zhao Tingyang graduated from Renmin University of China and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and now is a researcher in the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

His works are mainly on Metaphilosophy, Ethics and political philosophy topics.

In 2005, he published 'The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution'. His latest book 'Investigations of the Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy' was published in 2009.

Partial Book list in Chinese

• "On Possible Life",1994,2004
• "One or All Problem", 1998
• "The World without a World-view", 2003
• "The Tianxia System: An Introduction to the Philosophy of a World Institution", 2005
• "Investigations of the Bad World: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy", 2009
• "First Philosophy: From cogito to facio", 2012

Academic articles

• Zhao Tingyang. 2012. The ontology of coexistence: From cogito to facio. Diogenes 57:4, (228): 27-36
• Zhao Tingyang and Yan Xin. 2008. The self and the other: An unanswered question in Confucian theory. Frontiers of Philosophy in China 3, (2): 163-176
• Zhao Tingyang. 2009. Ontology of coexistence. Diogène 228, (4): 35-49
• Zhao Tingyang. 2009. A political world philosophy in terms of All-under-Heaven (tian-xia). Diogenes 56, (1): 5-18, 140
• Zhao Tingyang. 2006. Rethinking empire from a Chinese concept 'All-under-Heaven' (tian-xia). Social identities 12, (1): 29-41
• Zhao Tingyang. 2007. 'Credit human rights': A non-western theory of universal human rights. Social sciences in China XXVIII, (1): 14-26
• Zhao Tingyang. 2005. On the best possible golden rule. Social sciences in China XXVI, (4): 12-22

External links

• Zhao's Web Page
• The Implications of "Tianxia" as a New World System (US-China Institute)